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Atheists? In church? NICK FISHER
Executive Editor
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The last UNIFI event of the 2014-2015 school year involved a discussion on burqa bans. UNIFI holds thought-provoking discussions and lectures throughout the year for students to attend.
UNI Free Thinkers and Inquirers (UNIFI), a campus group that welcomes skeptics, agnostics, atheists and freethinkers, kicked off their semester activities with a Sunday brunch at a church — of all places. The United Methodist Church-sponsored campus ministry group, the Wesley Foundation (or “Treehouse”), provided the meeting space for the secular group. UNIFI is a group that “create[s] a welcoming community for …
anyone who turns a critical eye to religious and pseudoscientific claims,” according to the UNIFI website. “We’ve had multiple events [at the Wesley Foundation] over the years,” said Aaron Friel, senior math and computer science major and president of UNIFI. “They are really a great bunch of people. I can’t think of a religious group on campus that has been more accommodating and more friendly to UNIFI than the Wesley Foundation/ Threehouse.”
See ATHEISTS, page 3
Bash in the Stacks brings students to Rod SHELBY WELSCH Staff Writer
UNI is known for the wide variety of activities that are hosted during Welcome Week. It’s a way to transition into the new semester, get people involved in the UNI community and have a little fun before classes begin. On Thursday Aug. 27, Rod Library hosted their second annual Bash in the Stacks. Although it’s unusual to see people running around in a library playing human Hungry Hungry Hippo or
bowling between bookshelf lanes, it was an event attended by many people. What is Bash in the Stacks? For a few hours, the library transforms into an arcadelike atmosphere, complete with many games to play and tickets that can be exchanged for prizes. Even TC and TK stopped by to play some games. Almost every floor of the library is utilized for this event, except the fourth floor, which is reserved as a quiet area for students that want to See STACKS, page 5
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A multitude of games were available for students to play. Here two students compete, trying to stack a pyramid of plastic cups.
UNI rising in ranks for Princeton Review EMILY BEISEL Staff Writer
The Princeton Review has released its 2016 list of America’s top colleges, and UNI once again makes an appearance under the “Best in
the Midwest” category. “We have been recognized year after year by the Princeton Review, and we are excited to be on the list again for 2016. The Princeton Review does not use rank order,” said Jenny Connolly,
Assistant Director/Outreach. According to the UNI website, the UNI College of Business Administration has been recognized consistently by the Princeton Review as one of the “Best Business Schools” in the nation. UNI
Business also makes an appearance on U.S. News & World Report’s top part-time MBA programs. The UNI website reports that criteria include assessments by busi See REVIEW, page 2
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